In both cases after installing the AMD Phenom, upon pressing the power button the fans would spin for half a second and stop. The blue light on the power button did not come on. I tried holding down the power button for a few seconds and this caused the fans to continue spinning but the system would not power off unless I disconnect the power. I put the old AMD64 back in and the system works fine.

Am I missing a step? Do I need to update the BIOS? Is the Phenom dead?

"The world is a vampire and I am the throat upon which it feeds..." - S.T. Gill

The socket on the board I took it from says "AM2". Not seeing an AM2+ socket on the processor list I'm looking at. AMD Phenom is listed only as "AM2" I see AM3 and AM3+ but there does not appear to be an AM2+.

edit: NVM, found AM2+ product list.

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